The Delft railway station is a railway station in Delft

Delft

Delft is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland , the Netherlands. It is located between Rotterdam and The Hague....

, the Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

, located on the railway line between The Hague and Rotterdam

Rotterdam Centraal railway station

Rotterdam Centraal is the main railway station of the city Rotterdam in the Netherlands.-History:The station opened June 3, 1847 as the Delftsche Poort railway station. The station building designed by Sybold van Ravesteyn opened in 1957 and closed on September 2, 2007...

. The first train passed the railway station on May 31, 1847. A few days later, on June 3, the railway station opened its doors. It was initially located on the Houttuinen. Because of an increase in the number of passengers and goods, a new railway station had to be opened in 1885, just to the south of the previous station. This building was designed by Christiaan Posthumus Meyjes sr.

Train services

The following services call at Delft:

• 1x per hour night train (nachtnet) service Rotterdam - The Hague - Amsterdam - Utrecht
• 2x per hour intercity service The Hague - Breda - Eindhoven - Venlo
• 2x per hour express service (sneltrein) Amsterdam - Rotterdam - Breda
• 2x per hour local service (stoptrein) Leiden - The Hague - Rotterdam - Dordrecht
• 2x per hour local service (stoptrein) The Hague - Rotterdam - Dordrecht - Roosendaal